Cabinet ironing board



June 21 19277.

J. DEARwQoD CABINET IRONING BOARD Filed Jan. 2a. 1927 A Inventor Attorney.

Patented June 2l, 1927.

*UNITED STATE Si PA OFFICE- I CABINET IRONING BOARD.

ppnation meaJanuary 2s, 1927. serial Nb..164,236.

. This yinvention relates tok newy and-useful improvements in ironing boards and has for its primary: object to provide ya combined -ironing .board and cabinetthat'may be rig- Aidly secured to the wall of thegkitchen or disposed within a pocket v'formed withinthe wall,.with the-end in lview thatthe board per se umay be swung into the cabinet" so asto lbei-out of the -way when not required for use. The invention further aims to provide a board of this character wherein means is provided for supporting the same in horizontal position for use, said means being further adapted for providing a closure for the cabinet when the board is swung upwardly therein.

lVith the foregoing and otherv objects' in view as the nature of the invention will be better understood, the same comprises the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout all of the views:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved cabinet ironing board. y

Figure 2 is a detail longitudinal section thereof, and

Figure is a sectional view disclosing the board per se as swung outwardly of the cabinet, and supported in horizontal position by the means which also affords a door for the cabinet when the board is swung upwardly therein.

Now having particular reference to the drawing-my novel device consists of an open faced cabinet 5 of predetermined size that may be set directly within a pocket in the kitchen wall or that may be equipped at its corners with suitable brackets 6 to permit the same to be rigidly secured to the wall 45 surface as suggested in the drawing.

Pivotally disposed 'within this cabinet 5 adjacent the lower end thereof as at 7 is the lower end of an ironing board 8, the forward end of which is tapered at its opposite edges as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 1. Set within the front side of the cabinetv 5 at the upper end thereof are side panels 9 9, the inner edges of which are tapered also as indicated in Figure 1 for a purpose herein- 55 after more fully described.

Hingedly secured to the bottom wall of the cabinet'at the front side thereof as at 10 isthe lower end of a board 11 that forms a/closurefor a portion of the front side of the cabinet wheiithe sameY is swung upward-k 00 lyinto'the position' disclosed in F igures 1 andl 2. ,',Theupper end of this board 11 is taperedfat its opposite edges as at 12-12l while hingefdly,secured' to the extreme upper'le'nd `of this'board asat`13 isa support- 55 ingiboa'rd '14 formed at its lower hinged edge with downwardly diverging-side legs 15-15 for engagement along thel tapered edges 12-12 of the hoard 11 when the same is swung upwardly in the direction of the arrows in Figure 3. The transverse area of this supporting board 14 is such that the same will snugly iit within the panels 9 9 of the cabinet 5 so as to cooperate with the board 11 in entirely closing the front side 75 of the cabinet after the ironing board 8 has been swung upwardly therein.

The under side of the ironing board 8 is` formed adjacent its upper end with a cross channel 8 for receiving the Yupper edge of 80 the board 14 when the same is disposed perpendicularly with respect to the ironing board soas to prevent the swinging of the supporting boardid when the same has been properly arranged beneath the ironing board. i

It will thus be seen that I have provided a highly novel, simple, and etlicient cabinet ironing board that is well adapted for all the purposes heretofore designated, and even though I'have herein shown and described the invention as consisting of certain detail structural elements it is nevertheless to be understood that some changes may be made therein without effecting the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. In a device of the class described, va cabinet open at its front side, an ironing board pivoted at its lower'end within the cabinetr and adapted to be swung outwardly of the cabinet and downwardlyv to a horizontal operative position for use, a `lower door section hinged transversely at its lower end 105.

'to the lower end of the cabinet below said board, and being ofless length than the cabinet, an upper door section hinged at-its lower edge to the upper edge ofthe lower door section, and being swingable'to a position approximately at right angles with respect to the lower door section when in opto the lower forward e upper door section hinged at its lower edge Y erative position, the upper endofthe upper door section supporting the outer end of said board, when in said position, and side legs extending' from the` lower edge Oftheu per door'section and adapted to engage the oor.

Q. In a device of the class described, aceb- Ainet open at its front side, u, air of side panels arranged 1n the upper en of the opensde of the cabinet., an ironing board pivoted :it its lower end within the lower ortion of theroabinet anddisposed inward yrofmthel side panels, when in a vertical within the cabinet, said ironing boar adapt-` osition ed to swing outwardly and downwardly to a horizontal operative position foruse, 9. lower door section hin edat its lower edge dgeof the eabinet,an

to the upper edge of the `lov'ver'door section so as to swing downwardly approximately 20 at right angles to the lower door section bey neaththe'gironigng ,boardiand side legs extending from the lower edge of theV upper door section; whereby said door section may serve as ai support forvthe ironing board 25 when @the letter is swung into the plane of -39 the `lower door sectiongsaid legs andsaid Sec- L tions forming a closure for the open sidejof the cabinet, when `not in use.

v In testimony whereof I afx my signature. i

JOSEPH DEARwooD. 

